Beyond the KTV parlors and neon cocktail lounges, China has a nightlife culture for those looking for something rougher around the edges. When I was living in China when the term diaosi (loser, underdog) was a title taken with pride. It was to be understated, hip, and carefree. Diaosi around…
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Chengdu, The Little Panda is All Grown Up
I left China in June 2012 and started working on Laowhy: Identity Crises In China’s Capital of Spice while I was a substitute high school teacher. Stuck in rural America I longed to return to China, but couldn’t bear what the urban environment and cultural psyche had done to my…
Mosiac of Breakups
I’m single again, should I reeeee or should I be free? Here’s something I ages ago about a very different breakup in a very different time. Mosaic took the stage. The lead singer donning a white captain’s cap, his long curly hair puffing out from the sides as he grabbed…